Nawaf Smadi and His Family's Contribution

Dear Nawaf Smadi and Family:

The Office of the Prime Minister has forwarded to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Peter G. MacKay, a copy of your email of April 10, 2006, in which you express concerns regarding the detention of Mr. Huseyincan Celil, in Uzbekistan.

I wish to assure you that officials of Foreign Affairs Canada in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in Moscow, Russia, and in Ottawa, are aware of Mr. Celil's case and have been working tirelessly towards a resolution. Officials are actively continuing their diplomatic efforts and are in regular communication with Mr. Celil's family.

The Consular Affairs Bureau is mandated by the Privacy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of personal information by a government department or agency unless the consent of the individual(s) who are the subject of the information has been obtained. Any personal information cannot be disclosed to unauthorized parties without the explicit consent of the individual(s) concerned.

As you can appreciate, the Canadian government has a legal obligation to safeguard the privacy of Canadian citizens. We would like to stress, however, that the Government of Canada is pursuing this matter very seriously in order to bring an end to Mr. Celil's detention in Uzbekistan.

Thank you for writing and taking the time to express your concerns.

Yours sincerely,




Janice Hayes
Director
Ministerial Correspondence Division

S. M. Tora's Contribution

Dear S. M. Tora:



The Office of the Prime Minister has forwarded to the Minister of

Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Peter G. MacKay, a copy of your email

of April 19, 2006, in which you express concerns regarding the

detention of Mr. Huseyincan Celil, in Uzbekistan.



I wish to assure you that officials of Foreign Affairs Canada in

Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in Moscow, Russia, and in Ottawa, are aware of

Mr. Celil's case and have been working tirelessly towards a

resolution. Officials are actively continuing their diplomatic efforts

and are in regular communication with Mr. Celil's family.



The Consular Affairs Bureau is mandated by the Privacy Act, which

prohibits the disclosure of personal information by a government

department or agency unless the consent of the individual(s) who are

the subject of the information has been obtained. Any personal

information cannot be disclosed to unauthorized parties without the

explicit consent of the individual(s) concerned.



As you can appreciate, the Canadian government has a legal obligation

to safeguard the privacy of Canadian citizens. We would like to

stress, however, that the Government of Canada is pursuing this matter

very seriously in order to bring an end to Mr. Celil's detention in

Uzbekistan.



Thank you for writing and taking the time to express your concerns.



Yours sincerely,









Janice Hayes

Director

Ministerial Correspondence Division

Sheikh Bilal's Contributions

Assalamu alikum,

May Allah Reward for trying your best to help Brother Huseyincan Celil. I just have two suggestions:

First, in your flyers and website you mention that China has an evilrecord of abuse, tortures, oppression and genocide. However, you dontmention the same for Uzbekistan. Usbekistan has a horrifiying historyof inhumane tortures and massacres especially under the current IslamKarimov's regime. In April, 2005 there was the massacre of Andijan ofhundreds of peaceful protestors. Muslims and ideas of Islam arecompletely supressed. Many are arrested without a crime, and aretortured and killed in prison. I have seen many pictures on theinternet of those BOILED alive. My point is that our Br. Huseyincan isin as much trouble in Uzbekistan as he is in China. Therefore thereshould be more pressure on the Canadian government to retrieve himimmediately.

Second, I noticed MP David Christopherson has a website, so in my emailto him, I requested that he post actions taken on his website. I couldnt find websites for Wayne Marston or Chris Charlton so Irequested that they send any updates of action taken tofreehcorg@gmail.com. My suggestion is that you should pressure them todo the same, and InshAllah they will act faster.

Bilal